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Last night I turned off my NookColor via Nookie Froyo, and since then I've been unable to get the device to turn back on.
When I plug it into the charger it appears to be charging, but doesn't boot like normal. (It was fully charged when I powered off, so I don't think it's out of battery)
When I hold the power button, nothing happens (Even for extended periods of time).
I've tried various key combinations, but it's seeming more likely that the thing has been completely bricked.
Any tips or advice?
Link3737 said:
Last night I turned off my NookColor via Nookie Froyo, and since then I've been unable to get the device to turn back on.
When I plug it into the charger it appears to be charging, but doesn't boot like normal. (It was fully charged when I powered off, so I don't think it's out of battery)
When I hold the power button, nothing happens (Even for extended periods of time).
I've tried various key combinations, but it's seeming more likely that the thing has been completely bricked.
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Most likely it discharged on you, they have a habit of waking up and draining at the nominal rate of 8-10%/hr. I've found mine dead or nearly dead about 3 times because of this.
It'll take about 15 minutes for it to come on after being on the charger if the battery is flat dead. So... is it working for you now?
It's not bricked.
Link3737 said:
Last night I turned off my NookColor via Nookie Froyo, and since then I've been unable to get the device to turn back on.
When I plug it into the charger it appears to be charging, but doesn't boot like normal. (It was fully charged when I powered off, so I don't think it's out of battery)
When I hold the power button, nothing happens (Even for extended periods of time).
I've tried various key combinations, but it's seeming more likely that the thing has been completely bricked.
Any tips or advice?
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I really hope you didn't replace your internal memory with that Ad 2.2 rom.
2 ways you may can find your nook back ( at least 1 of the 2 ways will work ):
1, hold the power button at least 40 seconds or longer, until you can see it restart. If this didn't work;
2, Burn a boot-able SD card with CWR, and recover your internal memory to stock rom.
Those are normal things what I did when the bad thing happened.
khaytsus said:
Most likely it discharged on you, they have a habit of waking up and draining at the nominal rate of 8-10%/hr. I've found mine dead or nearly dead about 3 times because of this.
It'll take about 15 minutes for it to come on after being on the charger if the battery is flat dead. So... is it working for you now?
It's not bricked.
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My first instinct was to let it sit for a few hours, then try and recharge it, but after having it on the charger for about 30 minutes now it's not seeming to respond.
Normally when it's died, I plug it back in and get the "Battery too low, wait 15 minutes" screen, but like I said, the device is just staying off.
franklicd said:
I really hope you didn't replace your internal memory with that Ad 2.2 rom.
2 ways you may can find your nook back ( at least 1 of the 2 ways will work ):
1, hold the power button at least 40 seconds or longer, until you can see it restart. If this didn't work;
2, Burn a boot-able SD card with CWR, and recover your internal memory to stock rom.
Those are normal things what I did when the bad thing happened.
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I've done #1 a few times now (Thinking that I could hard reset it, if that were the problem)
As for #2, I can't boot from an SD because the device won't power on! I'm running Nookie Froyo in a dual-boot state with the stock 1.1.0 rom in eMMC. I'm not quite sure what the "Ad 2.2 rom" is, though.
And thanks for both of your responses
Ad 2.2 = Android 2.2
If you do this : burn the SD like I mentioned, put that into your nook, plug in the power cable, and just hold the power button . It SHOULD turn on in 10-15 seconds.
I use this way many times to save my brick nook, so believe me it is worth to try.
Were you running froyo off emmc? If so:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
I recommend flashing this ROM instead though (pre-rooted 1.1):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932145
And yes if you insert the CWR sdcard into the nook and hold the power button, it will power on. The reason it isnt powering on currently is because your froyo boot partition is corrupted, not because of the nook itself. The CWR sdcard has a different boot partition that your nook will see and boot to when you hold the power button down with the CWR sdcard in.
RileyGrant said:
Were you running froyo off emmc? If so:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
I recommend flashing this ROM instead though (pre-rooted 1.1):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932145
And yes if you insert the CWR sdcard into the nook and hold the power button, it will power on. The reason it isnt powering on currently is because your froyo boot partition is corrupted, not because of the nook itself. The CWR sdcard has a different boot partition that your nook will see and boot to when you hold the power button down with the CWR sdcard in.
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I can't thank you enough for this response! Saved me an embarrassing trip to B&N to get a replacement
Link3737 said:
I can't thank you enough for this response! Saved me an embarrassing trip to B&N to get a replacement
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Glad to be of use. Happy Nooking!
Not to hijack this thread but this has happened to me and I have tried to install the previous two ROMs with no luck... Any help would be appreciated...
I forgot I had a nandroid backup prior to going to Froyo... Lets see if that works... Restoring now...
UPDATE: Well that didn't work either... Still not able to boot up unless it is by using the SD card... Any suggestions?
flash my boot repartition zip. see my froyo on emmc thread..
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Kerflop said:
I forgot I had a nandroid backup prior to going to Froyo... Lets see if that works... Restoring now...
UPDATE: Well that didn't work either... Still not able to boot up unless it is by using the SD card... Any suggestions?
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Your boot partition probably got fu*ked somehow. Go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
At the very bottom (like the very last line) it says "-Download flashable repartition-boot-with-stock.zip here." Download that file and trying flashing that.
That was it, I must have done something when I tried to recover from the 1.1 push. Thanks to both of you for the help...
I just wanted to get root access and Auto-Nooter 2.12.25 for v1.0.1 seemed to be the way to go, right? Well, after I purchased the last Nook Color from Best Buy yesterday and brought it home, I charged it to 100%, played with it loaded up and ran Auto-Nooter from a Sandisk mSD card. When I plugged in the cable to boot, it came up with the battery low-wait 15min screen. (Battery was at 100%) Tried again, same thing. Re-wrote Auto-Nooter to mSD card and tried again, black screen. Nothing. Bricked. What I do get is a black screen with a flash of backlight every 40 seconds or so. I re-created the boot SD Auto-Nooter (using Win32DiskImager) and boot, nothing.
Today same story, just wasted 5 hours trying: Auto-Nooter, Clockwork Recovery image (2gb & 1gb versions on different cards) with complete restore-1.0.1 and repartition-boot-with-stock.zip, Nookie-Froyo.......nothing brings up any life in the NC.
I did follow RileyGrant's "Dummies Guide to Fixing 'My Nook Won't Boot'" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699 to no avail. I do not believe it is a partition issue. If it were, the mSD would at least try to boot to some screen and perhaps hang then. But CWR is not providing a spark at all.
I do believe it is in a boot loop of some sort, trying to boot, screen flashes, turns off, repeat continuously if plugged in. (It does stop the cycle after a while when not plugged in.)
Is that enough information? Ideas??
When you insert the Clockworkmod Recovery sdcard and turn the nook on, Does it boot into CWR?
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When you insert the Clockworkmod Recovery sdcard and turn the nook on, Does it boot into CWR?
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No. It boots to nothing. Plug in, wait 10 seconds, a white screen flash (less than a second) then black. Repeats in about 40 seconds. I can tell that the backlight is on for about 30 seconds, back lighting a black screen, then it turns off. A few seconds later the screen flashes white and it is what seems to be a boot loop of not booting.
Create this Sdcard with the files here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
When you are done, connect your Nook with the SD card inside and make sure you press the power button until you hear it disconnect even tho its still plugged in. (This means its turned off) Then power it up. You should be in recovery. Make a full wipe and see if it turns back on. If it doesn't send me message. I'll be glad to help. Your Nook is fine.
Here are better instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
Fixter said:
Create this Sdcard with the files here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922870
When you are done, connect your Nook with the SD card inside and make sure you press the power button until you hear it disconnect even tho its still plugged in. (This means its turned off) Then power it up. You should be in recovery. Make a full wipe and see if it turns back on. If it doesn't send me message. I'll be glad to help. Your Nook is fine.
Here are better instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949699
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Have done all this. Will not go into recovery. Ideas? (PM sent)
Sounds to me like your battery is dead (it would NOT go from 100% to 15% like you say), or you're not burning the cards right.
khaytsus said:
Sounds to me like your battery is dead (it would NOT go from 100% to 15% like you say), or you're not burning the cards right.
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I followed the Auto Nooter instructions to the letter. I would agree with both except:
1) After the first time I tried Auto Nooter, and it said 15% battery, I took the card out and it booted normal. I checked the battery and it was at 99%. Repeated the process and the same result. (Batt at 15% when trying to root, 99% when not.) I re-built the card and then nook bricked.
2) I have used 2 different cards on 2 computers with 2 different softwares for burning the image. Perhaps the second burn on the uSD card fried something? Perhaps, but the card still was readable by Windoz 7 on either computer. One bad apple can spoil the bunch.......
Heading back to BestBuy is sounding better all the time even though it is 40 min away. That said, I have still not lost faith in XDA and the great help. Anyone with a new suggestion?
IMO you just have a dead battery, plug into the wall and leave overnight. The Nooks ability to boot into sdcard first is built into the hardware, nothing you did could of messed this ability up. If you truly can't boot into clockwork from sdcard it can only really be a hardware failure.
carmicp said:
I followed the Auto Nooter instructions to the letter. I would agree with both except:
1) After the first time I tried Auto Nooter, and it said 15% battery, I took the card out and it booted normal. I checked the battery and it was at 99%. Repeated the process and the same result. (Batt at 15% when trying to root, 99% when not.) I re-built the card and then nook bricked.
2) I have used 2 different cards on 2 computers with 2 different softwares for burning the image. Perhaps the second burn on the uSD card fried something? Perhaps, but the card still was readable by Windoz 7 on either computer. One bad apple can spoil the bunch.......
Heading back to BestBuy is sounding better all the time even though it is 40 min away. That said, I have still not lost faith in XDA and the great help. Anyone with a new suggestion?
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make sure as well you are creating the SD correctly. WinImage can be a pain at times at times. If the bootable SD isnt created just right it wont boot. Im putting up a post in a few minutes to an IMG you might like to try to recover your NC.
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11321261#post11321261
Its how I have been rooting my devices, as well, I will be adding the prerooted 1.1 to my IMG soon to simplify things for everyone.
forsakenexile, I appreciate this and am downloading the file now overnight. Perhaps this will solve problems of my NC not booting up ANY rom/recovery solutions from SD, despite all the documented methods known to the community so far.
One thing I noticed under Win7 was to get an image to work properly I had to run winimage as administrator. Not sure if this is just an oddity with my computer or common knowledge I had to discover for myself.
I threw in the rowel
I charged the nook over night with the genuine nook charger and genuine nook cable and no difference this morning. I took it back to BestBuy and waked out with a new one. I charged it, powered up, logged in, powered down, inserted a monster root pack 7 uSD and booted no problem!
Thanks to all for the help in troubleshooting.
Note to self: Nook can be a brick!
Ever since I ran manual nooter on my nook color it keeps telling me the battery is too low to power on and to wait 15 minutes. I have it plugged into the wall but I keep getting the same message and cannot power up my nook.
any thoughts?
Try to use different cable. BlackBerry one seems to work.
When you plug it in does the green 'n' light up?
Can you boot when plugged in? If so, wait til it has charged for a few hours and try the battery recalibrate app from the market.
Cheers
frogger55 said:
When you plug it in does the green 'n' light up?
Can you boot when plugged in? If so, wait til it has charged for a few hours and try the battery recalibrate app from the market.
Cheers
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Okay so here's the more specific story; I ran manualnooter on the nook but the sd card was too small and the file couldn't be created (on the nook). So I got a larger sd card and tried supernooter. I finally discovered that the nook WILL NOT boot up with an sd card in the slot anymore. the screen stays black. As soon as I take the sd card out it fires right up into the stock nook interface.
I'm reformatting the sd card and will try manualnooter again and update this thread.
Nook HD+ running cm10.1.
Screen went to sleep and never recovered. there is back light and the screen remains blank. no boot logo nothing. tried charging, booting with USB cable plugged in, turning the unit off by holding down power and powering back on holding the N button. nothing seem to be working. im ready to bring it back ot B&N and getting it replaced.
any suggestions to how to can force stock rom on the nook? or is the LCD fried and not to bother with it?
thanks
m0000 said:
Nook HD+ running cm10.1.
Screen went to sleep and never recovered. there is back light and the screen remains blank. no boot logo nothing. tried charging, booting with USB cable plugged in, turning the unit off by holding down power and powering back on holding the N button. nothing seem to be working. im ready to bring it back ot B&N and getting it replaced.
any suggestions to how to can force stock rom on the nook? or is the LCD fried and not to bother with it?
thanks
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Have you tried booting with a bootable SD like you did when you put CM10.1 on it? It will not even turn on unless it has valid boot files on emmc or a bootable SD inserted.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
leapinlar said:
Have you tried booting with a bootable SD like you did when you put CM10.1 on it? It will not even turn on unless it has valid boot files on emmc or a bootable SD inserted.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Yes i have tried to turn it on with a SD card with CWM. just blank screen. its turns "on" everytime. just no image. only the backlight
Thanks
Well you tried everthing I've seen or could think of... though leaving it on till the battery runs out would be a curious test? If it will even do so.
Edit: You didn't state how long you tried charging it for. If it drained all the way it can take a good amount of time and WILL get stuck at only the backlight just like you have.. The charging symbol shows up later and will finally boot at around 15%'
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Well you tried everthing I've seen or could think of... though leaving it on till the battery runs out would be a curious test? If it will even do so.
Edit: You didn't state how long you tried charging it for. If it drained all the way it can take a good amount of time and WILL get stuck at only the backlight just like you have.. The charging symbol shows up later and will finally boot at around 15%'
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Since i cant see anything on the screen i can only go by the light next the charging cable. I charged for for a whole day and the light was green on the tablet stating it is charged 100%. i did not try to drain it. will probably take a week or more since i unable to use it.
Unless someone has another suggestion i think it time to throw in the hat? the tablet is only 2 months old so it shouldn't be a problem returning it to the store and getting a replacement
Thanks
m0000 said:
Since i cant see anything on the screen i can only go by the light next the charging cable. I charged for for a whole day and the light was green on the tablet stating it is charged 100%. i did not try to drain it. will probably take a week or more since i unable to use it.
Unless someone has another suggestion i think it time to throw in the hat? the tablet is only 2 months old so it shouldn't be a problem returning it to the store and getting a replacement
Thanks
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I just researched info on the emmc brickbug in the event you were testing or running the rom with trim enabled. Or lagfix too. The brickbug can brick the device where it doesn't turn on. Just something else. Or that is from what I understand anyway.
But it sounds like you might as well take it in for replacement.
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I just researched info on the emmc brickbug in the event you were testing or running the rom with trim enabled. Or lagfix too. The brickbug can brick the device where it doesn't turn on. Just something else. Or that is from what I understand anyway.
But it sounds like you might as well take it in for replacement.
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thanks for the followup :highfive:. took it in and they tried everything under the sun to get it to turn on. in the end w/o results they handed me over a new nook :victory:
OK, maybe Jtag reflash. Is there such an animal for the BNTV600 on the horizon?
ValentinD said:
OK, maybe Jtag reflash. Is there such an animal for the BNTV600 on the horizon?
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Or maybe there is some less heavy procedure considering a nice old tar backup of the device
Yesterday my HD+ suddenly notified that it was down to 5% battery. I plugged it in and it instantly went to 33%. I left it charging for several hours. Came back and it was still orange but I disconnected the charger anyway. When I turned it on, it said it was at 100%. I used it for awhile and noted it was still at 100. Plugged it in, and it quickly went from orange to green and said "charged". This has persisted thru several reboots, including my usual CM 10.2 SD card, my CM 10.1 on EMMC and my stock SD card. Today I'll likely try to get stock back onto EMMC to ensure I'm covered if it dies. Anyone else had their HD+ get stuck at 100% or have suggestions on how to fix?
Sent from my Nook Color Running CM 10.1 from emmc
After completing a nandoid backup via CMW and restarting, it was clear that battery time was updating again, it was reporting 69%. But I went ahead and restored stock and flashed stock recovery in case I continue to have issues.
Sent from HD+ MAG2GA CM 10.2 from SD
Not sure if i have the same issue. My Battery goes up to 100% while using the device unplugged on 10.1.3 and stays at 100%.
If the battery is drained (still showing 100%) i get the charging leds flashing red and i have to disassemble the device and re plug the Battery to get it charging again.
I tried some battery calibration tool from the play store. no help.
Nook HD+ 32GB MBG4GA
My CM history, Stock > 10.1.3 > 10.2-m1 > 10.2-nightly(11/27) > back to backed up 10.1.3
@Sherip: Faulty battery. Mine had a similar issue. Get it replaced ASAP.